Rumba (disambiguation) facts for kids

Rumba may refer to:

Dance and music

Genres

• Cuban rumba, a traditional Cuban music genre
• Galician rumba, a music genre of Galicia, Spain, influenced by Cuban music.
• Rhumba, also known as ballroom rumba, an American style of ballroom music
• Rumba flamenca, a style of flamenco
• Catalan rumba, a Spanish popular music style
• Rumba criolla, a genre of Colombian popular music
• Congolese rumba, a genre of music that originated in the Congo Basin during the 1940s

Instruments

• Rumba shakers, better known as maracas
• Rumba box, better known as marímbula

Songs

• "Rumba" (Anahí song), song by Mexican singer Anahí
• Rumba, composition for harp by Carlos Salzedo (1885-1961)
• Rumba, composition for guitar by Manuel María Ponce (1882-1948)
• "Rumba", a track on Ill Niño's album Revolution Revolución

Albums

• The Rumba Foundation, album by Jesse Cook

Film

• Rumberas film, Mexican film genre
• Rumba (1935 film), 1935 musical drama film starring George Raft and Carole Lombard
• Rumba (2008 film), 2008 comedy film starring Dominique Abel and Fiona Gordon

People

• Alberts Rumba (1892–1962), a Latvian speed skater
• Nima Rumba, a Nepalese pop singer
• Rumba Munthali (born 1978), a Canadian soccer player

Places

• Rumba, Estonia, a village in Estonia
• Rumba parish, a parish in Latvia

Other

• Rumba, an ESA satellite in the Cluster II mission
• RUMBA, software product
• One of three flavors named after dances (Rumba, Samba, Tango) of Rumba Juice energy drink distributed by Hansen Beverage Company
• Rumba (sculpture), a sculpture in Helsinki, Finland
• Rumba (magazine) [fi], a Finnish music magazine

See also

• Roomba, autonomous robotic vacuum cleaner sold by iRobot